Inference of riverine nitrogen processing from longitudinal and diel variation in dual nitrate isotopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cohen, Matthew J ^a   Heffernan, James B ^b   Albertin, Andrea ^a   Martin, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DIEL VARIATION; FRACTIONATION; HYSTERESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; TRANSFORMATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; ICHETUCKNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863229692     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001715     Document Type: Article

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